An act relating to initiative and referendum, the official text

1                   STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2   1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)

3 HOUSE BILL 1299               By: Fugate

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6                               AS INTRODUCED

7   An Act relating to initiative and referendum;

    amending 34 O.S. 2021, Section 3, which relates to

8   signatures collected for petitions; directing the

    Secretary of State to design a website for collection

9   of signatures; directing for petition to appear above

    place for signature; requiring signers read and

10  acknowledge warning; and providing an effective date.

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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

14  SECTION 1.      AMENDATORY  34 O.S. 2021, Section 3, is

15 amended to read as follows:

16  Section 3. A. Each initiative petition and each referendum

17 petition shall be duplicated for the securing of signatures. The

18 Secretary of State shall design a form, subject to change, for

19 signatures that shall be used by proponents of initiatives or

20 referendums when collecting signatures, and each sheet for

21 signatures shall be attached to a copy of the petition. Each copy

22 of the petition and sheets for signatures is hereinafter termed a

23 pamphlet. On the outer page of each pamphlet shall be printed the

24 word "Warning", and underneath this in ten-point type the words, "It

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1 is a felony for anyone to sign an initiative or referendum petition

2 with any name other than his or her own, or knowingly to sign his or

3 her name more than once for the measure, or to sign such petition

4 when he or she is not a legal voter." A simple statement of the

5 gist of the proposition shall be printed on the top margin of each

6 signature sheet.

7   B. The Secretary of State shall design a website, subject to

8 change, for the electronic collection of signatures to be used by

9 proponents of initiatives or referendums. Above the place for

10 electronic signature shall be a copy of the petition. Before

11 providing an electronic signature, signers shall have to read

12 through a page that lists "Warning", and underneath this in ten-

13 point type the words, "It is a felony for anyone to sign an

14 initiative or referendum petition with any name other than his or

15 her own, or knowingly to sign his or her name more than once for the

16 measure, or to sign such petition when he or she is not a legal

17 voter." Signers shall click a check box certifying they have read

18 and understood the warning.

19  SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.

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